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...Movement for National Renewal. As an independent candidate Dayan appeared to be a possible spoiler in the campaign, able to attract as many as 20 or 25 seats in the Knesset. But by last week the latest poll showed him taking only four seats. One possible explanation for his rapid slippage: voters' memories of a comparably idealistic third party in 1977, which generated high hopes but quickly split into bickering factions...
...There has been a rapid increase in the culture of technology. People treat computers as if they are people." Ylvisaker says. "Learning could either be corrupted or it can be facilitated by this." If education emphasizes the problems of "minorities and newcomers." Ylvisaker believes that technology will not be available only to rich children...
With the upsurge of militarism and Cold War politics in the U.S., rapid change in the Bolivian situation is highly improbable. If the past is any indication, miners and campesinos will slowly reorganize and gradually force a political opening. This will give the Left an opportunity to reformulate its strategy in light of past experience. Opposition leaders agree that the new strategy must include a means to neutralize the military, either through political influence or countervailing military strength. Our responsibility as North Americans is to support the reassertion of the Bolivian Left as it occurs, and to oppose all diplomatic...
There are, however, a few signs that St. Louis may rise again. For one thing, the rapid growth of St. Louis County, which for decades has drawn people and businesses away from the city, is slowing to a trickle. Last decade the county grew only 2%, while nearby Franklin, Jefferson and St. Charles counties posted population gains ranging from 29% to 55%. Now St. Louis County is starting to have trouble supporting its schools and services. Already city officials are beginning to talk merger again, though this time the suburbanites do not seem so hostile...
...public interest is not served by rapid dissemination of premature, incomplete, inaccurate, sensataional information...